[SBE] Fusible link -- when you really have nothing to work with!

[Bill Whitt]

Link it my friend - no joy on the photo crossing.

 

Bill

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Henry M.
Seiden
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:03 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Fusible link -- when you really have nothing to work
with!

 

Hi,

 

This installation could use a fusible link to go along with their neat
wiring. 

 

Hope that the pic attached goes through the board. If not I'll post it on my
web site and send the link, with the caption, "Before we got there..."  Let
me know. 

 

Henry S.

On Mar 12, 2009, at 17:35 , Edwin Bukont wrote:






Does anyone remember the Allied catalog with its cartoons for service
folks,,,some of the liners in those were hysterical...among my favorites.
 
1.  Instructor at front of class teaching green techs 'Alright Class, once
more, with conviction 'I have to take it back to the shop'.
 
2.  Older guy explaining to new guy 'It doesnt matter if you can carry it
out of the house yourself, always have two guys bring it back, it looks like
a bigger job that way"
 
and other gems...

Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT 
Comm-Struction and Services LLC 
Baltimore/Washington DC
V- 410.879.5567 F- 410.272.5750 C- 240.417.2475 

A Harris Broadcast Channel Partner 
 
The opposite of PROgress is CONgress



 

> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:03:02 -0400

> From: br at telcen.com

> To: hoopeschris at yahoo.com; sbe at sbe.org

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Fusible link -- when you really have nothing to work

with!

> 

> I remember when the fusible link to the glow plugs in my Datsun Diesel 

> pickup blew and I thought I would be stranded, since the truck had been 

> sitting long enough that it would not start without glow plugs. I had 

> some lamp cord, but the current draw required the whole conductor 

> twisted tight. I disconnected the dead shorted glow plug and replaced 

> the fusible link with the lamp cord and got the truck started. It ran 

> rough on just the three out of four cylinders until it warmed up, but at 

> least got home OK.

> 

> Chris Hoopes wrote:

> > A single strand of wire out of lamp-cord, about the thickness of a 

> > single human hair works as a fuse. Good up to about 1 amp with a 12 volt



> > DC device.

> > 

> > --- On *Wed, 3/11/09, Mike Langner /<mlangner at swcp.com>/* wrote:

> > 

> > From: Mike Langner <mlangner at swcp.com>

> > Subject: [SBE] Fusible link -- when you really have nothing to work

> > with!

> > To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>

> > Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 5:25 PM

> > 

> > Good call on the paper clip technology!

> > 

> > However !

> > 

> > My actual "used for many years" fusible link is solder.

> > 

> > It really works!

> > 

> > And, absent a meter or wanting to "strike" test a battery's state of

> > charge, putting a length of wire-solder (18 to 22 gauge or so) from

> > one terminal to the other is a quick storage battery test if you

> > don't have a tester. Hint: don't hold the solder with your fingers!

> > 

> > And be sure to put a paper towel or similar protection between the

> > loop of solder and the top of the battery.

> > 

> > Used this trick for years when I was a penniless teenager working on

> > my '53 Studebaker and doing my ham radio thing.

> > 

> > Just don't inhale the fumes!!

> > 

> > OSHA does not approve of this "field technique!"

> > 

> > Mike Langner, CPBE

> > Albuquerque, NM

> > ________________________

> > 

> > 

> > -----Original Message-----

> > *From:* sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org]*On

> > Behalf Of *Bill Whitt

> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:41 PM

> > *To:* 'sbe member discussion mail list'

> > *Subject:* Re: [SBE] Why engineers drink Cola

> > 

> > Come on guys! Next you will be telling people the proper uses of

> > duct tape and chewing gum. Not to mention our favorite fusible

> > link . the paperclip!!

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Bill

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > *From:* sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] *On Behalf

> > Of *Adrienne Abbott

> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:49 AM

> > *To:* 'sbe member discussion mail list'

> > *Subject:* [SBE] Why engineers drink Cola

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Aha! The secret is out!

> > 

> > Adrienne

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> > 

> > *From:* sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] *On Behalf

> > Of *Bill Barber

> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:34 AM

> > *To:* sbe member discussion mail list

> > *Subject:* Re: [SBE] Why engineers drink Cola

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > As a rust remover, Coke is best due to the high concentration of

> > phosphoric acid. It's what gives Coke and Pepsi such different

> > flavors. The phosphoric acid in Coke gives a flat acidity and

> > suppresses the citrus flavor (Cola is Citrus, Vanilla and Cinnamon). wb

> > 

> > Bill Barber

> > 

> > C.E. WTVZ-DT

> > 

> > Norfolk, VA

> > 

> > 757.622.3333

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > On 3/11/2009 2:15 PM, A9xw at cs.com <mailto:A9xw at cs.com> wrote:

> > 

> > Ever need a little glue for some small part, dial plates, and such

> > that have no real stress but no glue on site? Cola to the rescue.

> > Actually any high fructose drink. Add a small drop of Pepsi, RC or

> > Coke and then hold the pieces together for a short while to squish

> > the fluid around. The water evaporates leaving a sticky goo (The

> > Pepsi Syndrome) and it has enough holding power to last for years or

> > until you can get a real glue product from a local store. Diet

> > brands do not work, only The Real Thing. Did it on a Key fob and its

> > been fine for 5 years. :-) Cola is also a nice rust remover, works

> > in minutes. The high acid pH eats oxides for lunch.

> > 

> > Henry

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